Oil-burner



A. J. KNIGHT. OIL BURNER.

I APPLICATION FILED Nov, 11, 1920. 1,391,481.

Patentedsept. 20,1921.

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ANDREW J'- KNIGHT, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

OIL-BURNER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. KNIGHT,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Toledo, in the countyof Lucas and State of Ohio, have made an Invention Appertaining toOil-Burners; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing's, and to the charactersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to burners and particularly to those adapted forburning kerosons and other hydrocarbon oils as a fuel.

The object of my invention is the provision of asimple and improvedburner of the character described which is simple and inexpensive in itsconstruction and adapted to generate a liquid. fuel into a highlyinflammable gas, and is'also adapted to use either a natural orartificial gas or gas generated from a hydrocarbon oil or both together,as desired.

The invention is fully described in the I following specification, andwhile, in its broader aspect, it is capable of embodiment in numerousforms, a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which,-

Figure l is a central vertical longitudinal section of a burnerembodying the invention, and Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a hollow burner body, in thepresent instance, of conical form and closed at its top by a perforatedor slotted burner plate 2 through which the gas from the interior of theburner is discharged. The burner 1 is provided at its lower end with alaterally extending hollow neck portion 3 having an open outer end.

A conical deflector 4- is mounted centrally on the burner top 2 with itsside wall extending outward and upward in overhanging relation to theburner top openings to effect an outward deflection of the flame risingfrom the burner. The deflector is provided in its wall adjacent to itsouter edge with a Specification of Letters Yatent. Patented Sept, 20,1921 Application filed November 11, 1920. Serial No. 423,218.

gas generating passage 5 of spiral form. with its lower end connected toa supply .pipe 6 having communication with any suitable l source ofhydrocarbon oil supply and with its upper end connected with a pipe 7for carrying away the generated gas. The pipe 7 extends down through theburnerl and neck 3 and is provided without the outer end .ofthe latterwith an ejector nozzle 8, by

.thereto.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specificconstruction,

arrangement or form of the parts, as it is capable of numerousmodifications and changes without departing from the spirit of theclaim.

Having thus described my invention,what

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

A burner of the class described, comprising a burner body having gasdischarge openings in its top and having a hollow laterally extendingneck portion open at its outer end, a' conical deflector mounted on theburner top and having a gas generating passage therein in communicationat one end with a source of hydrocarbon oil supply, a pipe leading fromthe other end of the generating passage through the burner and neckthereof adjacent to its outer end, an ejector nozzle connected to theouter end of the pipe in position to discharge gas therefrom into theburner neck, and a valve controlled pipe opening communication betweenIthe nozzle and a source of gas supply.

signed my name to his specification.

ANDREW J. KNIGHT.

